Handloom



Dec. 24, 195 7 TQSHIKO SAKANO 2,

HANDLOOM Filed March 31. 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 F? g- J Dec- 24, 1957TOSHIKO SAKANO 2,817,366

HANDLOOM Filed March 31. 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Dec. 24, 195 7 TOSHIKOSAKANO 2,817,366

HANDLOOM Filed March 31. 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Uite The presentinvention relates to a novel handloom capable of weaving various clothssuch as the one to be used, for example, as necktie, muffler, belt,purse, sash and the like.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and cheap handloomcapable of weaving simply and cheaply a cloth suitable for necktie,muflier, belt, purse, sash or any other kind of cloth.

According to this invention, the handloom consists of many operatingplates provided with holes for letting warps pass through and operatingrods which pass through the holes made on the said plates and supportthe said plates so that the latter may be oscillated by moving at leastone of the said rods.

The said operating plates may be made of any material such as fiber,wood, pasteboard, metal or transparent or non-transparent Celluloid orsynthetic resin and also they may be coloured or painted with any paintor varnish.

The said object, construction and weaving manner of the handloom of thisinvention will be clearly understood by reference to the followingdetailed description in connection with the accompanying drawings,wherein preferred several examples of this invention are illustrated.

Fig. 1 is a front view of an example of the operating plate to be usedin the handloom of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a fundamental example of this invention,wherein the operating plates illustrated in Fig. 1 are used.

Fig. 2a is a perspective view of the handloom illustrated in Fig. 2,wherein the operating plates are arranged in another operating manner.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the handloom illustrated in Fig. 2 undernormal weaving condition.

Fig. 4 shows an arrangement of the operating plates of the handloomillustrated in Fig. 2, whereby double cloth may be woven.

Fig. 5 shows an arrangement of the operating plates of the handloomillustrated in Fig. 2, whereby two-faced cloth may be woven.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another example of this invention.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of further example of this invention.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view for showing the actual weaving manner,wherein the handloom illustrated in Fig. 2 is used.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view for describing another weaving manner,wherein the handloom illustrated in Fig. 2 is used.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the operating plate 1 is made of any material such as,for example, fiber, Celluloid, pasteboard, synthetic resin, wood ormetal so that it may take a clover shaped form provided with projectedleg-parts 2 and 3. The said plate is provided with small holes 4 and 5at the said parts 2 and 3, other holes 6 and 7 at the center parts, andsub-hole 3 at the part near the hole 4.

A group of the said plates 1 are supported by operating States Patentrods 9 and 10 passing through the holes 4 and 5 so that they mayconstruct a handloom as shown in Fig. 2.

After the said combination of the operating plates 1 and rods 9 and 10,the claspers 11 preferably made of an elastic material such as gum,synthetic resin or the like are fitted frictionally on the said rods,the said claspers being used to maintain the operating plates within apredetermined position.

When a single cloth is to be woven by the handloom illustrated in Fig.2, the warps 12, 12 are passed, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, through theholes 6, 7, the said warps are crossed by moving the rods 9 and 10alternately towards arrow directions a and b and reverse directions overan angle and a woof 13 is passed crosswise through every crossed part ofthe warps 12 and 12'.

In such a manner, single cloth will be woven.

An actual weaving mechanism including the main handloom illustrated inFig. 2 and other accessory device is shown in Fig. 8, wherein the wovencloth A is held between two holding frames 18 and 19 of rectangularform, the said frames being held by strings 20 on ones body and beingused to adjust the stretchiness of the warps by moving ones bodyfrontwards or backwards in accordance with the kind of warps, formationof the woven cloth and etc, a shuttle 21 wound with woof 22 is used topass crosswise the said woof through the crossed part of the warps 12and 13, a scale 23 is used for determining the width of the woven cloth,keeping sufificient gap for passing the said shuttle 21 and tighteningthe newly woven part, the said scale being taken off at everyoscillation of the operating plates 1, a comb 24 is used to protecttangle of the warps, and a hook 25 is used to hook the warps for thepurpose of stretching the warps. As an other accessory device of theapparatus illustrated in Fig. 8, a rectangular plate of predeterminedlength may be used also to determine simply the total length of warp tobe woven by wound numbers of the warp, the said plate being not shown inthe drawing.

When a double cloth is woven, the operating plates 1 are arranged aboveand below at every other plate as shown in Fig. 4 so that the hole 5 ofthe upper plate 1 faces directly to the hole 4 of theilower plate 1,through the said facing holes 4 and 5 being passed an auxiliaryoperating rod 9' and through the other upper and lower holes 5 and 4 ofthe upper and lower plates 1 being passed respectively the operatingrods 10 and 9. After arrangement of the handloom as above, firstly warps12 and 12' passing through the holes 6 and 7 of the upper plates 1 arecrossed with each other by moving the rods 10 and 9' alernately towardsarrow direction a and b reverse directions, warps 12 and 12 passingthrough the holes 6 and 7 of the lower plates 1 are crossed with eachother by moving the rods 9' and 10 as above and woofs 13 and 13 arepassed crosswise through every crossed part of the warps 12, 12' and 12,12'. Then, doubly woven cloth will be obtained. If the group consistingof upper warps 12 and 12' and the group of warps consisting of lowerwarps 12 and 12' are crossed with each other by oscillating the upperand lower operating plates by means of movement of the rods 10 and 9 asabove and four woofs are passed crosswise through the every crossedpart, then thick part of the cloth will be woven resulting in obtainmentof complex pattern. Such weaving manner may be combined with the doubleweaving manner as set forth at some part of the woven cloth.

Furthermore, if after the upper and lower cloth are woven in some lengththe upper group and the lower group of warps 12 and 12 are crossed witheach other by crossing the upper and lower operating plates and then"crossing of a woof is carried out in each of the upper and. lowerlayers, then the upper and lower surfaces of the 3 woven cloth will beturned at the crossed position of the said groups.

The arrangement of the operating plates as shown in Fig. 4 may be usedto weave three warps 12, 12 and 12", such weaving manner being shown inFig. 5, wherein it one warp 12 passing through the holes of the upperoperating plates 1 and two warps 1.2 and 12 passing through the holes 6and 7 of the lower operating plates 1 are crossed by oscillating theupper and lower plates by means of movement of the operating rods 10 and9 and a woof or several woofs 13 and 13 are passed through the everycrossed part, then any complex cloth can be woven.

According to the construction illustrated in Fig. 2, it is possible toweave simply and cheaply any complex cloth as well as simple cloth byonly simple operation as described in connection with the Figs. 3, 4 and5, because the construction and the operating manner of the handloom arevery simple. When the hole 8 of the plate 1 is used instead of the hole4, oscillating angle of the plate will be varied. The said hole 8 may beused, if necessary, for passing a warp.

In the Fig. 6 is shown another example of this invention, whereinwashers 14 are supported loosely by the operating rods 9 and 10 at thegap between two adjacent plates 1, the said washer being made of anymaterial such as press fiber, p'asteboard, Celluloid or synthetic resinand being used to maintain each of the operating plates in separatedpositions. The number of the washers 14 arranged per gap between twoadjacent plates may be selected as two or more in accordance with thethickness of the thread to be used.

According to the handloom illustrated in Fig. 6, the operation undercrossed condition of warps will be carried out smoothly owing to thewasher 14.

According to this invention, the operating plate 1 may be formed asshown in Fig. 7, wherein the plate 1 is provided with three pairs ofholes 15 and 15, 16 and 16, 17 and 17 to pass warps besides the holes 4and for letting the operating rods pass through. When only the holes 16and 16' are used as described as the holes 6 and 7 of the plate 1illustrated in Fig. 3, then the single cloth, will be Woven as describedin connection with the Fig. ,3.

When warps are passed through the holes 15, 15 and 17, 17' and a woof ispassed crosswise through each of the crossed parts of the warps 15, 15and 17, 17, the said crossed parts being made by moving the rods 4 and 5as described in connection with the Fig. 4, then the doubly woven clothmay be obtained.

Furthermore, according to the handloom of this invention, it is easilypossible to weave a cloth having thin and narrow part and thick and widepart by using warps consisting of a doubled warp 26 and two or more ofdoubled warp 27, as shown in Fig. 9, the latter being hooked on the bentpart 28 of the former. The number of the said warps 26 and 27 may beelected at will in accordance with the kind of the cloth to be woven.

4 By such method, a cloth suitable for a necktie, of which neck partshould be thin and narrow and front part should be thick and wide, willbe easily woven. And also if as the warps 26 and 27 are used the warpsof difierent colour and material, then various kinds of cloth ofdiflerent pattern may be woven.

Furthermore, as the warps and woofs to be used the thread such as, forexample, normal binding string, other string made of woolen yarn, silkyarn, synthetic yarn, waste yarn, old cloth, cotton yarn or paper stringmay be used. And also any kind of vegetable thread may be used.

As it is evident that many changes and modifications can be made in theabove described details of this invention without departing from thenature and spirit of this invention, it is to be understood that thisinvention is not to be limited to those details as set forth.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. Handloom capable of weaving various kinds of cloth such as the one tobe used, for example, as necktie, purse, muiiier, belt, band, sash orother kind of cloth, which comprises a plurality of operating platesprovided with a series of first holes for letting warps pass through anda series of second holes, and a plurality of operating rods passingthrough the second holes in said plates, said rods supporting saidplates in non-rigid relationship so that the latter may be oscillated bymoving at least one of the said rods to cross the said warps.

2. Handloom capable of weaving various kinds of cloth-as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the operating plates are clover-leaf shaped.

3. Handloom as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating rods areprovided with grippers at the outside of the operating plates, the saidgrippers being fitted frictionally on the operating rod and being madeof an elastic rubber-like material.

4, Handloom as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one Washer issupported freely on the operating rod in the gap between two adjacentoperating plates, the said washer being used for carrying out theoperation smoothly.

5. In the handloom as claimed in claim 1, a holder which is used forholding the woven cloth to stretch the said cloth and warps, said holderbeing made of two frames of rectangular form.

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